Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

New Jersey

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in New Jersey, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. SSI in New Jersey, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount

Congressional district

Number of recipients

Monthly benefit amount(thousands of dollars)

Number of recipients

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

With OASDIa

Aged 65 or older

United States, total

6,787,857

1,251,528

77,658

5,458,671

2,951,425

415,574

35,144

2,500,707

2,406,327

1,995,284

New Jersey

148,367

33,985

1,039

113,343

63,339

11,680

419

51,240

47,615

50,486

1

13,831

1,623

123

12,085

6,185

452

49

5,684

4,502

2,978

2

12,954

1,914

83

10,957

5,327

488

35

4,804

4,957

3,256

3

6,477

1,058

43

5,376

2,625

325

18

2,283

2,222

1,576

4

7,019

1,262

48

5,709

2,942

374

18

2,549

2,495

1,932

5

4,915

1,550

44

3,321

1,892

507

16

1,369

1,593

2,004

6

9,374

2,296

71

7,007

3,841

770

27

3,044

3,110

3,298

7

4,479

1,640

33

2,806

1,610

571

13

1,027

1,214

2,060

8

15,260

3,923

106

11,231

6,611

1,427

38

5,147

4,710

5,668

9

10,505

4,162

59

6,284

4,344

1,641

22

2,682

3,043

5,415

10

23,920

4,135

184

19,601

10,699

1,364

81

9,254

6,892

6,807

11

4,537

1,676

29

2,832

1,772

626

10

1,135

1,363

2,113

12

10,357

2,153

50

8,154

4,508

777

20

3,711

3,404

3,225

13

24,739

6,593

166

17,980

10,983

2,358

74

8,551

8,110

10,154

a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.